Oryx and Crake: A Novel
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future--from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey--with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake--through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
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Oryx and Crake is such an astute book. It's dark, insightful, and sometimes difficult. I was intrigued but something about the book made it slow going for me. It's like there was so much to process that I had to put it down and rest a little. I was lucky enough to read it for a book club and listen to Margaret Atwood discuss with us live, and her thought process about it was just very cool. It manages to feel very sci-fi and realistic at the same...read more
I can see why it's such a popular book but it gave me nightmares of blue-skinned people having sex. Waited the entire book for the plot to finally start and it never did, felt like one long flashback. Weird anecdotal tidbits that brought nothing to the story. Good example of the author's ability to use vivid imagery and specific details for character and world building.
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